PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
This new award will be made in March 2014. The goal of Advocacy for Better Health is to empower communities in 35 districts, including 13 focus districts, and strengthen advocacy initiatives that will contribute to improved quality, availability and accessibility of health and social services. The program will increase citizens’ voices and develop the roles of communities and community organizations in planning, delivery, and monitoring services and results. The program will target the general population in communities within particular districts and sub-counties and community leaders, health care providers, and vulnerable populations, including caregivers and women. The program will engage with other USAID partners and private sector, and will enable civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate for issues that can improve programs and policy environments. The program will complement ongoing system strengthening interventions by other district-based technical assistance programs and will leverage resources. The prime partner is expected to build capacity of at least 4 CSOs in effective advocacy and to ensure that project results and outcomes are sustained beyond the life of this program. The partner will develop and maintain a performance monitoring system including a Performance Management Plan (PMP) and results framework. Monitoring will be through quarterly reports and site visits. The program will share lessons, document emerging issues and draw lessons for more effective implementation and focused results. Possible areas for advocacy include: better functioning of Global Fund resources; demand generation in support for eMTCT; and better and increased resource allocation for HIV/AIDS and social services for orphans and vulnerable children by government.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
